I'm sure Lee will get on to this post as soon as he gets back from lunch, but until then I'll just tell you that the AMG Hammer was not a kit, it was nearly a complete rebuild of the Mercedes-Benz 300E to accomodate a V-8 engine. The cars were luxuriously appointed and retailed for about $130,000 US. The prestige created for AMG by this model motivated Mercedes-Benz to commission Porsche to engineer and assemble a factory V-8 conversion which resulted in the 500E.

That model is fully described in this forum if you do a search on the topic "E500". You can also check out my website,"need2speed".

Frankly, if you could find a Hammer to purchase, I'd suggest you'd be better off to consider the E500/500E instead as a better buy and less expensive car to maintain.

As usual, Dean's spot-on. The Hammer 300E conversion set owners back approx. $80k when they were made originally. AMG used a custom-built V-8 in those cars, which used AMG's own twin-cam, 4 valve heads. The hammers retained the 300E narrow body (no fender flares), albeit with ground effects all around, and a small wing on the trunk.

Extremely cool car I'll grant you, but I can't imagine the repair cost if you had a problem with the motor!

I'd also recommend the 500E/E500...wonderful car, and supported completely by your local MBZ dealer, or PartsShop!!